Patent number: 6486210
Abstract: Styryl benzylsulfones of formula I are useful as antiproliferative agents, including, for example, anticancer agents:
wherein
(a)
(i) at least three of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, hydroxyl, phosphonato, amino, sulfamyl, acetoxy, dimethylamino(C2-C6 alkoxy) and trifluoromethyl, and the balance of said R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, hydroxyl, phosphonato, amino, sulfamyl, acetoxy, dimethylamino(C2-C6 alkoxy) and trifluoromethyl; and
(ii) R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, hydroxyl, phosphonato, amino, sulfamyl, acetoxy, dimethylamino(C2-C6 alkoxy) and trifluoromethyl; or
(b)
(i) at least three of R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are independently selected from the
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 12, 2001
Date of Patent:
November 26, 2002
Assignee:
Temple University—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher
Education
Inventors:
E. Premkumar Reddy, M. V. Ramana Reddy
Patent number: 6472386
Abstract: A compound of formula (1):
wherein A is a single bond, C≡C, CONH or NHCO; W is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; X is CH, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Y is CH, CHR1, in which R1 is a hydrogen atom, or a lower alkyl, hydroxy lower alkyl, lower alkoxy-lower-alkyl, aryl, aryl-lower-alkyl or heteroaryl-lower-alkyl group, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR2, in which R2 is a hydrogen atom, or a lower alkyl, hydroxy lower alkyl, lower alkoxy-lower-alkyl, aryl, aryl-lower-alkyl or heteroaryl-lower-alkyl group; Z is a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, CH or NR3, in which R3 is a hydrogen atom, or a lower alkyl, hydroxy lower alkyl, lower alkoxy-lower-alkyl, aryl, aryl-lower-alkyl or heteroaryl-lower-alkyl group; m is 1 or 2; and n is a number of 1 to 5, with the proviso that one or two of W, X, Y and Z are heteroatoms; an acid-addition salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 29, 2001
Date of Patent:
October 29, 2002
Assignee:
Kowa Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Tatsuhiko Kodama, Masahiro Tamura, Toshiaki Oda, Yukiyoshi Yamazaki, Masahiro Nishikawa, Takeshi Doi, Yoshinori Kyotani